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Why (or how) are Sullivan, Bernard, Cielo, and Trickett so fast?
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Cielo swims faster than anyone* and I also think he has the fastest turns, and I'm not talking about SDK. Cielo only takes a couple strong dolphin kicks off the walls then he's up swimming. However, he's very fast into and out of his turns. He really seems to have the timing down and gets off the walls like a rocket. I don't think anyone else is able to maintain their momentum through the turns like Cielo does.
I haven't seen too many videos of him swimming. Does he do as well in SCM (or LCM)?
In SCY, it seems to me that a fellow knows that after x strokes he could, theoretically, turn with his eyes closed knowing he's exactly z-inches away from the wall; yet the longer the course is, the less accurately the turns can be blind-timed.
Cielo swims faster than anyone* and I also think he has the fastest turns, and I'm not talking about SDK. Cielo only takes a couple strong dolphin kicks off the walls then he's up swimming. However, he's very fast into and out of his turns. He really seems to have the timing down and gets off the walls like a rocket. I don't think anyone else is able to maintain their momentum through the turns like Cielo does.
I haven't seen too many videos of him swimming. Does he do as well in SCM (or LCM)?
In SCY, it seems to me that a fellow knows that after x strokes he could, theoretically, turn with his eyes closed knowing he's exactly z-inches away from the wall; yet the longer the course is, the less accurately the turns can be blind-timed.